LOG-014.It was kind of weird, how calming the sound of distant gunfire was when you got used to it.Sniffing slightly, I allowed myself to rest atop the custom made, specially reinforced golf club I'd been given, exchanging amused glances with the pair of sec ops soldiers next to me as Parker took another swing of his own, staring at the little white ball fly off into the distance with a hand used to shield his eyes from the sun, before finally letting out a grunt."You see I-I keep hooking it."He turned towards us, a slightly exasperated expression beneath his mask as I giggled at him. Across the way, a few dozen AMP suits marched in formation towards one of the hangars, the one at the lead offering us a wave as they went, which was promptly returned, naturally."It's the damn pack. The low gravity and the high air density cancel out which doesn't affect the distance but it just puts the-"The pinching motion he was making slowly fell as he turned to stare at something behind us, prompting me and the troopers to mimic the motion and swivel around as well.Surprisingly, it was Grace marching out across the flattened ground to meet us, her avatar form managing to eat up the distance pretty damn fast. More interesting was the fact that she had a smaller blue figure trailing behind her, clad in a labcoat of all things.It was H'miti. One of the first of the children to undergo treatments. It seemed Augustine's attempts to ingratiate herself with and educate them were paying off, considering the girl was following the woman around like a child would her mother."Parker!"The demanding tone drew a small sigh from the man beside me, who brought up a hand (presumably to pinch at the bridge of his nose) before realising he couldn't get past the mask and awkwardly lowered it."Doctor. We're having a particularly relaxing game here. Is whatever you need urgent or-"The executive paused as his counterpart turned and gestured towards the sight of a very particular craft currently being swarmed by multiple teams of mechanics. Namely, a C-21 dragon assault ship."I've been told there's massively increased build up from sec ops personnel, and haven't been informed why. Quaritch isn't in his office and won't answer my calls, none of his damned mercs are telling me anything either, and you're out here in the middle of all this playing golf!"It was kind of cute, watching H'miti seriously nod in time with each of the doctor's points, but Selfridge was visibly starting to get annoyed and I wasn't in the mood for another squabble between departments."Some fellow named Mercer has been doing objectionable things and hiding that information from the wider RDA. It doesn't look good on paper, and Quaritch especially isn't pleased that the sec ops assigned to the man chose to go with his lead rather than report anything."Everyone turned to stare at me in response to the words, Parker mumbling a slight protest along the lines of 'classified' as I lifted an arm and gestured towards the VTOL transport."No point hiding it Selfridge, word will get around base eventually. Anyway, Quaritch is assembling a taskforce to go and…I believe the words were 'forcefully reclaim' the property Mercer has evidently stolen from the RDA. Alongside liberating some captive Na'vi children he's had locked up this whole time."That earned a gasp from Grace and her little tagalong, and I idly gave the now facepalming Parker a light pat on the shoulder before shrugging."The bastard doesn't know this is coming yet of course, so it's gonna be a big surprise. Heck, the only reason I know about it is because the Colonel is trying to convince some of the Kyra'meta's warriors to act as forward recon. Just a matter of getting everyone ready to go now, then we'll pop over, kick his butt, and be back in time for dinner!"And boy if that wasn't a match made in hell. The hunters and warriors in particular had been…antsy, to say the very least. Kind of hard not to be when they hadn't really had a purpose besides escorting me around ever since we'd been accepted into Hell's Gate.So when I came forward with the offer of them joining the funny ape people on a great raid to rescue trapped children from rogue elements?The sight of G'leem excitedly firing a fucking heavy machine gun downrange (something the young man was actually still doing, judging by the distant gunfire and laughter across the way) had been a frankly terrifying thing to behold. Only topped by K'seeli begrudgingly accepting a combat hatchet of all things."Ah…I see. Well then…I suppose we'll just be on our way. But keep me posted, would you Opal? The stuff about the kids has me concerned to say the absolute very least."Giving the apparently satisfied doctor a small mock salute as she and her charge turned and began to stride away, I hefted my golf club and took Selfridge's place, tail and hips swaying behind me slightly as one of the sec ops troopers set me up for a swing, his eyes evidently glued to the spot the tail was attached to as I settled in for the shot."See Parker? Good communication. That's all you need for these kinds of things!"The man's grumbles quickly turned into outright calls of cheating as I scored a perfect hole in one.Guess Pandora favoured the Na'vi when it came to golf. Who would have thought?—HELL'S GATE SEC OPS PRE-EXPEDITION REPORT FOR OPERATION HOUSECLEANING. (FOR INTERNAL MEMO ONLY. TOP LEVEL CLASSIFICATION APPLIES.)ASSIGNED PERSONNEL:COLONEL MILES QUARITCH. (LEAD FIELD COMMAND FOR OPERATION HOUSECLEANING.)215 DESIGNATED SEC OPS COMMANDOS.65 DESIGNATED SEC OPS AERIAL VEHICLE PILOTS.50 DESIGNATED SEC OPS AMP SUIT PILOTS.12 KYRA'META NATIVE COLLABORATORS.1 INTERNAL COLLABORATOR. (CIVILIAN.)ASSIGNED HARDWARE:215 FIELD PACKS OF INFANTRY-GRADE AMMUNITION.12 FIELD PACKS OF ANTI-VEHICLE GRADE AMMUNITION.50 AMP SUITS.15 AT-99 SCORPIONS.49 SA-2 SAMSONS.12 KYRA'META BANSHEES.1 C-21 DRAGON.OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES:RECOVERY OF ALL COMPLIANT RDA PERSONNEL AT SITE LOCATION.RECOVERY OF ALL RDA PROPERTY AT SITE LOCATION.EXTRACTION OF INTERNAL COLLABORATOR AND ASSOCIATED CHARGES. (SEE TAP PROGRAM FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.)DETAINMENT OR ELIMINATION OF ALL NON-COMPLIANT RDA PERSONNEL AT SITE LOCATION.RECOVERY OR DESTRUCTION OF ALL ON-SITE EVIDENCE THAT MAY PUT RDA-NATIVE RELATIONS AT RISK.DETAINMENT OR ELIMINATION OF NOW FORMER DIRECTOR JOHN MERCER.THIS REPORT HAS BEEN SIGNED AND APPROVED BY HEAD OF OPERATIONS PARKER SELFRIDGE, WITH ADVISEMENT OF COLONEL MILES QUARITCH AND TSAHÌK OPAL OF THE KYRA'META CLAN.